Fentanyl caused 58 percent of Maine drug fatalities in 2017, while heroin caused 21 percent.
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Sen. Collins: Health insurance rate increases were avoidable
For example, eliminating the individual mandate should not have been linked to the tax cut plan without more ACA fixes.
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Jim Fossel: Lawmakers failing to do their jobs
Instead of giving citizen initiatives the attention they deserve, they’ve been voting them down and sending them directly to the ballot.
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Cynthia Dill: LePage’s ideas about naloxone, MaineCare are dumb and dumber
We are losing more than dollars because of the governor’s obstructionism.
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Commentary: Martin Luther King Jr.’s call remains unanswered
His ‘Mountaintop’ speech is still relevant 50 years later in its insistence upon economic justice in the U.S.
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Commentary: How the Hyde Amendment preventing abortion coverage hurt my family
It should not be a politician’s place to decide when, how or why a woman gets an abortion, says a Mainer who lost a much-wanted pregnancy.
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Portland Sen. Dion: Time for Maine to enact ‘red flag’ law for public safety
States with similar regulations have seen reductions in gun violence, the Democratic Blaine House hopeful says.
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New Gloucester Rep. Espling: Democrats helped Maine People’s Alliance conceal details of costly bill
No person or interest group should be allowed to block open debate on ballot initiatives or other proposals.
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Tariffs on newsprint from Canada put U.S. newspapers in jeopardy
The tariffs raise costs for an industry already in financial straits, and if made permanent could lead to the demise of printed news in many small communities.
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Dana Milbank: Mueller’s first jailbird gives a hint of where the probe may go
Alex van der Zwaan, a business associated of Manafort, gets a symbolic 30-day sentence.